{"id":33552,"date":"2017-01-11T11:18:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T19:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33552"},"modified":"2017-01-11T17:05:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T01:05:43","slug":"trumps-press-conference-was-an-unholy-mess-of-lies-and-defensive-evasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=33552","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Press Conference Was An Unholy Mess of Lies And Defensive Evasion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most government ethics experts regard President-Elect Donald Trump as a walking violation of the Constitution<\/a><\/strong>. Some regard his pending inauguration as the moment he becomes subject to impeachment. Despite numerous promises, Trump put off explaining how his widespread business concerns will not result in actionable conflicts of interest. In fact, Trump hasn’t held a press conference on any subject since last July. That’s an unprecedented period of self-imposed muzzling that also deprives citizens of critical answers and information.<\/p>\n

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The Donald’s Twitter feed records the history of his obfuscation and delay. It goes back to November 30, 2016, when he unleashed a multi-tweet declaration stating that:<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> “I will be holding a major news conference in New York City with my children on December 15 to discuss the fact that I will be leaving my … [2]<\/a> great business in total in order to fully focus on running the country in order to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! While I am not mandated to [3]<\/a> do this under the law, I feel it is visually important, as President, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses.. [4]<\/a> Hence, legal documents are being crafted which take me completely out of business operations. The Presidency is a far more important task!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Less than two weeks later Trump cancelled<\/a><\/strong> that “major news conference”<\/em> and tweeted the much more vague:<\/p>\n

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I will hold a press conference in the near future to discuss the business, Cabinet picks and all other topics of interest. Busy times!<\/p>\n

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n